Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions

Re:Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions by arh68 on Friday March 28, 2014 @01:01PM (#7488467)

I think you're right. I wonder how productive I'd be cancelling my ISP subscription. No flavors of the month, just me, my bookshelf, my compiler.

What's frustrating is the complete lack of historical context to most things on the internet. There is one version: current, and everything previous is deprecated. Is this kid aware of every similar attempt to alter typography to save ink? Probably not. Should we throw him under the bus for being ignorant? Probably not.

What I see when I close my eyes is a community that assumes the OP might be right. That's all it takes, the presumption that this person, as young/Blubby/naive as they are, can find a better route up the mountain. I think it just takes patience &/ humility.

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Re:Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions by zimpenfish on Monday March 31, 2014 @06:45AM (#7500631)

I don't think we should throw him under the bus but someone should reign in the overly gushing coverage because it benefits no-one - not us, not the kid, not future kids.

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